Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Frisby, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
James Frisby registered to vote in Anderson County on August 29, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Anderson County
James Frisby
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Frisby
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Frisbys elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 32 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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